Lela Duncan Story

Mrs. Lela "Katie" Duncan Story, 92, of Cruse Road, passed away Friday, February 11, 2011 at her home. Funeral services for Mrs. Story are scheduled for 2:00 pm Sunday, February 13, 2011, at Lady's Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Larry Beaver will officiate. Burial will follow at Carolina Memorial Park in Kannapolis. The family will receive friends from 12:30 until 1:45 pm Sunday at the funeral home. Mrs. Story was born April 7, 1918 in Caldwell County. She was a daughter of the late Jonas Abner Duncan and Josephine Knight Duncan. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Edward Thomas Story, in 1987 and a daughter, Jan Fischer. Survivors include three daughters, Mary Jo Keller and husband, Ralph and Lela June Hudson and husband, Bill, all of Salisbury and Linda Kay Absher and husband, Ralph of Harmony; two sons, Max Story and wife, Evelyn of Concord and Bobby Thomas Story and wife, Donna of Texline, TX; 20 grandchildren, 32 great grandchildren and 10 great-great grandchildren. Memorials may be sent to Rowan Regional Hospice, 720 Grove Street, Salisbury, NC 28144.